BES 8: The Villages of London

BES

Assignment 8

The Villages of London

            One warm and sunny weekend Lindsey, Nic and I set out to watch our friend Ryan play rugby. He told us he had a home game and that his team was based out of Hampstead. None of us had heard of Hampstead or even been to that particular area so agreed to go. Ryan had to go early so he told us to get off at Hampstead, but left us no other instructions so we were left wandering around. After 30 minutes we decided to give up on the rugby game. However, we fell in love with the area so we decided to explore. Later that week we received our final assignment from Mark and Jen. They had assigned us to visit Hampstead, lucky us!

            While exploring Hampstead we stumbled upon a park known as Hampstead Heath which was also recommended by Mark and Jen. The park was absolutely awesome; it is easily my favorite park. The park is very large and contains many walking paths, green spaces, ponds, and hills. We ventured around the park for quite some time before deciding to follow the crowd to the top of a big hill. From the top of Hampstead Heath was the city of London. We could see much of London from where we were standing including St. Paul’s Cathedral and the Olympic Stadium. Off to the left we could see many of the beautiful houses that make up the village of Hampstead. It is a very wealthy part of London, and many of the houses were upon hills. Many people at the park were riding bikes, reading, picnic, playing football, and even flying kites. Nic and I really want to go fly a kite there before we leave. I loved the area of Hampstead because it seems to be off on its own. It’s a good place to go and relax and get away from the hustle and bustle of the city.

            I also really enjoyed the cute shops and market. We stopped to buy fruit at a market and got some good deals on a lot of fruit. We also bought items to make a stir fry that night. On our way home we decided to stop for smoothies at a juice bar. The smoothies were full of lots of yogurt which we thought we would really enjoy, but they turned out to be rather bitter but that didn’t stop us from finishing them. After spending the whole afternoon at the park, we had enjoyed ourselves so much and the weather was so nice that we decided we would come back the next day. That night Nic and I researched kites. We had the hardest time finding a store that sold a cheap kite so sadly we had to forget the kite. We are determined to fly a kite at Hampstead before we leave though. I hope that I can take my grandparent to Hampstead when they come to visit I think that they would really enjoy overlooking the city.